Piccadilly Line

This walk unearths the
secrets of some of London's most famous streets, buildings and spaces:

Why are there no
flowerbeds in Green Park?

Where did Queen
Victoria go when she didn't want to be noticed?

How did Michael
Portillo escape from the paparazzi?

Which American President
had a wife with the middle name ‘Kermit'?

What did Kenneth
Williams have in common with Sherlock Holmes?

How did an 18th
century resident of Covent Garden blow himself up simply because his wife
hadn't cooked his dinner?

The answers to all
these questions and many more will be revealed as we walk the Piccadilly Line
...

There's no need to pre-book - just turn up. Meet by the statue of
Diana (Goddess of the Hunt, not the other one), in Green Park. This is
immediately outside the exit from Green Park Tube station marked ‘Green
Park/Buckingham Palace'. (See the link on the right for a map.)

Walk the lines...

Greyhound

A greyhound can accelerate from 0 to 45 mph in 1 second. This makes it the second-fastest accelerating animal on the planet, after the cheetah. A really striking way of learning about bio-mechanics - the greyhound can accelerate that quickly because it's so light, yet has such powerful legs. When the BBC's Top Gear raced one against a Mazda MX5 the greyhound accelerated more quickly - the Mazda has so much more weight to shift.